Recent Dissertation Titles
Dissertation thesis titles authored by doctoral degree conferees in the past two academic years are listed with student’s name and mentor.
“Targeting Glutamine Metabolism in Kidney Development and Polycystic Kidney Disease”
Ebony Flowers
Mentor: Thomas Carroll, Ph.D.
“Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Development and Disease by an Actin-Dependent Transcriptional Circuit”
Bercin Kutluk Cenik
Mentor: Eric Olson, Ph.D.
“Investigating the Role of DIS3L2 in Perlman Syndrome and Wilms Tumor”
Ryan Hunter
Mentor: Joshua Mendell, M.D., Ph.D.
“The Mechanism and Function of Autophagy Induction by Cytosolic Dna”
Xiang Gui
Mentor: Zhijian Chen, Ph.D.
“Small Molecule Conjugation of Hsp70 Inhibits Necroptosis”
Andrea Johnston
Mentor: Zhigao Wang, Ph.D.
“Regulatory Mechanisms in Innate Immunity”
Junyao Ren
Mentor: Zhijian Chen, Ph.D.
“Afadin and RhoA Build a Luminal Niche for Endocrine Progenitors”
Dicle Berfin Azizoglu
Mentor: Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D.
“Regulation of Transcription Through Rna Polymerase II Promoter-Proximal Pausing”
Melodi Tastemel
Mentor: Xiaoying Bai, M.D., Ph.D.
“Molecular Mechanisms and Functions of Estrogen Receptor Enhancers in Hormone-Dependent Gene”
Shino Murakami
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
“Balancing Renewal and Differentiation of Progenitor Cells in the Developing Kidney”
Harini Ramalingam
Mentor: Thomas Carroll, Ph.D.
“Metabolic Regulation of Transcription through Compartmentalized NAD+ Biosynthesis”
KeunWoo Ryu
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
“Dynamics of the p53 Regulatory Network in Postmitotic Tissue”
Paula Kurtz
Mentor: John Abrams, Ph.D.
“Thioredoxin-1 Inhibition Promotes MLKL Activation: Biochemical Insights into a Suppressor of the Necroptotic Pathway”
Eduardo Reynoso
Mentor: Zhigao Wang, Ph.D.
“Molecular Regulation of Direct Cardiac Reprogramming”
Huanyu Zhou
Mentor: Eric Olson, Ph.D.
“Differentiation of Normal and Cystic Fibrosis Human Lung Epithelial Cells in a Decellularized and Reconstitute Mouse Lung”
Ryan LaRanger
Mentors: Woodring Wright, M.D., Ph.D. and Jerry Shay, Ph.D.
“Transcriptional Regulations of Intestinal Stem Cell Lineage in Drosophila”
Qing Lan
Mentor: Huaqi Jiang, Ph.D.
“Getting the Upper Hand on Cardiac Development”
Kelly Anderson
Mentor: Eric N. Olson, Ph.D.
“Rasip1-mediated Rho GTPase Signaling Regulates Blood Vessel Tubulogenesis via Non-Muscle Myosin II”
David Barry
Mentor: Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D.
“The Role of NeuroD1 in Physiological and Pathological Neurogenesis”
Rebecca Brulet
Mentor: Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.
“Safeguard of Mitosis: The Spindle Checkpoint”
Zhejian Ji
Mentor: Hongtao Yu, Ph.D.